E_tivity 1.3: Check if the introduction section is complete based on the 6 components
Topic provided in the slides
As described below, in the introduction of this topic some components are not clear.
- 1. Description of the topic:
The title of the topic was not provided, if we read the slides we find that the problem which should be addressed was not very clear.
Africa’s most densely populated country and requires a large and well-trained health workforce. The ratio of health professionals to the general population in Rwanda in 2011 was only below the World Health Organization–recommended target of 2.3/1,000.
- 2. Summary of existing knowledge:
In this article, the authors provided the information which demonstrates to the reader how the capacity of the healthcare provider is low and the ratio of health professionals to the general population in Rwanda in 2011 was below the World Health Organization–recommended target.
Additionally, the majority of Rwandan physicians and nurses do not have formal postgraduate education, and although opportunities to specialize are expanding, they remain limited. Further, insufficient and outdated infrastructure and equipment, along with a shortage of lecturers and clinical mentors, have led to gaps in training and quality.
- 3. Purpose of your study:
In this paper the goal was not clear; they stated that a core component of this vision is the establishment of a large, skilled, and diverse health workforce to sustain and expand these achievements. Objective did not address well the gap in knowledge and they don’t specify how this study differs from other
- 4. Description of the study
It doesn’t provide how the study was conducted; the methodological approach, the rationale for its use, date, size of the study, and citations of the previous publications or pilot studies were not included in this background. Nevertheless, investigators and sponsoring institutions were The Rwanda Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Education (MOE) which were worked closely to develop these programs and align them to the needs of the health workforce.
- 5. Contextual information: difficult that affect research approach was not identified
- 6. Potential impact: not clear